Search - Eric Clapton :: Money & Cigarettes

Money & Cigarettes
Eric Clapton
Money & Cigarettes
Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock
 
  •  Track Listings (10) - Disc #1

Money and Cigarettes marked several important turning points in Eric Clapton's recording career: his debut release on his own Duck imprint; the first album he made after giving up drinking; and marked his working with new ...  more »

     
1

Larger Image

CD Details

All Artists: Eric Clapton
Title: Money & Cigarettes
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Release Date: 9/19/2000
Album Type: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock
Styles: Adult Contemporary, Blues Rock, Rock Guitarists, Album-Oriented Rock (AOR)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 093624773429

Synopsis

Album Description
Money and Cigarettes marked several important turning points in Eric Clapton's recording career: his debut release on his own Duck imprint; the first album he made after giving up drinking; and marked his working with new players (with the exception of second guitarist Albert Lee) including Stax Records veteran bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn and Muscle Shoals drummer Roger Hawkins, also bringing in guest guitarist Ry Cooder. His new songs reflected on his changed condition, with "Ain't Going Down," a thinly veiled musical rewrite of the Jimi Hendrix arrangement of "All Along the Watchtower," serving as a statement of purpose that declared, "I've still got something left to say." Other notable hits include "The Shape You're In" the acoustic ballad "Pretty Girl" and covers of Sleepy John Estes' "Everybody Oughta Make a Change" (significantly placed as the album's leadoff track), Albert King's "Crosscut Saw," and Johnny Otis' "Crazy Country Hop." This vinyl version is pressed on 180 gram

Similar CDs


Similarly Requested CDs

 

CD Reviews

Eric and his sidemen
J. Miles | Clarks Hill, IN United States | 07/10/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Short Story; Five great songs and no major turds...easily Eric's strongest outing of the 1980s. Very well remastered, too!



Long Story; The chorus of Crazy Country Hop features they lyrics "Ooh-weee, oh-oh...Oooh la, la, let's rock and roll". A brief discussion broke out among Eric and his sidemen about whether these profoundly fruity lyrics compromised their manhood. They were interrupted by the phone outside the control room. Eric answers and then turns to his band, "Hey guys, my smokin' hot supermodel wife Pattie Boyd is callng from the $1.50/minute car-phone in my Lamborghini Countach. She's in the McDonald's drive-thru and wants to know what you guys want on your Big Macs." Needless to say, it was then decided by unanimous vote that the Oooh la-la lyrics were not a problem for men in their situation.



Don't even think about bothering me with a rant about how profoundly inaccurate my story is."